February 2002(No.1)

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February no.1 2002: News items may be submitted to Sandi Wooton by phone (42214800) or email (sandi_wooton@uow.edu.au). We are located on the Internet at: http://daptoswimclub.cjb.net

WHAT'S NEWS
Club Meetings are held on the 1st Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the Clubroom at Dapto Pool. Everyone is welcome to attend. The next Club meeting will be February 5th.

SCAT Winter Squads
Application forms for South Coast & Tablelands Winter Squads are now available in the ClubRoom. Selected squad members will be outfitted with SCAT shirts and swim caps, and participate in a 12-month programme, which will be fully funded by SCAT. A registration fee of $20 must accompany the application form. Applications close on the 1st of March 2002 for all Squads.

Keep our Clubroom Clean & Tidy!
Dirty plates, cups and utensils are still being left in the sink for others to wash up! Please parents - remind your children to wash up after using Club kitchenware (or consider packing plastic disposables for your children to use). Let's all pitch in and do our part!

Ernie Furbank - Semi-final
The Semi-final is scheduled for Friday the 1st of February. Finals will be held Friday the 8th of February.

Basin to Beach Classic $$$
North Wollongong Surf Club is hosting the annual Basin to Beach Classic on February 3rd.
Registration and briefing will be held at the North Wollongong Surf Club from 8:30a.m. The 1.2 klm swim starts at Belmore Basin and finishes up at North Wollongong Beach. Heaps of prize money to be won in several age categories. For more information see Jayne Schober.

Inside Look: Surf Swimming
I have been asked to write about what Jayne Schober gets up to on her weekends when she is not going to swimming carnivals with the rest of her buddies at Dapto Swimming Club.
Jayne, as many of you would be aware, is a member of North Wollongong Surf Club. She loves the surf and has been competing in Surf Carnivals since she was 9 years old.
Surf Club has many similarities with swimming club but in many areas it is entirely different. There are still the same wonderful people who share that common bond with you, who strive to do their very best and enjoy great trips away to various beaches up and down the East Coast of Australia.
Jayne has been a member of the Illawarra Branch Team for the past two years. She usually attends carnivals most Saturdays, and nearly all are in Sydney or Sydney Northern Beaches, or Newcastle. This involves a very early start and packing of the car by her support crew (Kurt & Ros Schober). When we arrive at our destination we all hope that we find a park not too far away from the beach because Jayne's board, chairs, tent, bags, thermos, Ros's backpack (which contains everything from blockout, needles and cotton, wax, spare lighters, raincoats, spare goggles and binoculars, and many other assorted supplies) and the mighty knitting bag (you don't ever know how long these carnivals are going to go for). The weather can do anything, and often does, so you have to be dedicated to want to be a surf competitor. The main thing that probably makes surf and swimming different is the unpredictable nature of the surf. The same person does not always win in surf races. There is always that factor of the unknown, the surf itself. This is reason it is so popular. We as a family enjoy the whole social and competitive side of going and being part of surf.
On Australia Day long weekend Jayne competed at the Freshwater and Manly Surf Carnivals, which attract many competitors from all over Australia.
In February, Jayne has the Branch Championship. This is where all the Surf Clubs from the Illawarra Branch compete against each other. Then off to the State Championships at Swansea Belmont, and then the Australian Championships in Queensland in March. Jayne hopes to do even better than last year when she was a State Finalist for the Surf Swim as well as an Australian Finalist for the U/19 Board Relay and U/16 Surf Swim.
She has had some good results this season where she came 4th at the Forster Iron Person Challenge and 5th at the Kracka Iron person Challenge, and was a prize winner (you will have to ask her about her great prize).
Jayne also hopes to go to Florida in May with the North Wollongong Team to compete in the World Surf Championships. All the team members are busy trying to raise money to enable them to go and that is why Jayne is hoping many of you will be able to come to the Basin to Beach Classic on February 3rd.
As you can see, Surf Club keeps Jayne pretty busy through summer! She also does patrols every month, and when she is able, water safety for the nippers on a Sunday morning. Jayne also attends board practice 2-3 times a week (as well as swimming training). No wonder Jayne is wondering how she will find the time to fit in going back to school!!! (Ros Schober)
POOL SIDE
For information about swimming carnivals please feel free to browse our web pages on the Internet, or see our Race Secretary Julie Glass for entry cards and carnival information. Please remember that all entries must be given to Julie before the closing dates otherwise they will not be accepted. Julie Glass can be contacted at the pool, by phone (42718731), or via email: kglass@1earth.net.

NSW State Age & Open Championships
Congratulations to the following swimmers representing our Club at the NSW State Age & Open Championships in January: Jessica Glass, Briarna Southwell, Tehlia Vinton, Samantha Bates, Zac Iaonnou, Leisha Southwell, Vanessa Rushworth, Ellen Wooton, Teagan Southwell, Jayne Schober & Clinton Parsons.
Special mention to Tehlia Vinton, and Briarna Southwell in the Junior Division, for swimming PB's in their events.
In the Seniors Division Leisha Southwell swam a PB and Zac Ioannou in his 100m breast.
Congratulations to Vanessa Rushworth who did 5 PB's out of 6 swims- the biggest PB taking of the meet! Vanessa also took a whooping 10 seconds off her 200m IM! Well done Vanessa.
Congratulations to Ellen Wooton silver medallist in the 15 yrs 100m fly. Ellen also qualified for Nationals in four events at this meet.

Time Trial Reminder
A Time Trial has been scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at Dapto Pool, Wednesday, the 6th of February. Entries are $2 per swim, cards should be submitted by 6:30 p.m. poolside. Pool entry fees apply.

Upcoming Carnivals:
IRD Carnival (9/2/02) has now closed.

Albion Park Development Carnival (16/2/02) entries close Friday February 1st.

NSW Country Championships (22-24/2/02) entries appreciated by the 3rd of February. However, late qualifiers - entries accepted until February 9th.
COACHES CORNER
Quote of the Week: When Toni informed Tadpole Squad member Melissa Papadimas of her advancement to the Dolphins Squad she replied, "…I'm finally losing my tail!

Coming soon: an Inside Look at Open Water Swimming!